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Welcome to Career Technical Education (CTE)

What is CTE?

CTE classes prepare students for a wide-variety of in-demand careers, STEM focused occupations or college-level classes with both technical and academic skills that will help them to adapt as industry needs and their fields change.

 

CTE courses give students more options after they graduate, even allowing them to potentially enter into careers with living wages that would support themselves or a family.  

 

In San Marcos, students are currently being trained for a wide-variety of future careers from engineering, computer science, public safety, graphic design, and more.  Students that take CTE courses are better prepared for the world of work as well as college, in fact, the high school graduation rate for CTE Career Pathway students is 90% - 15 percentage points higher than the national average.

 

To discover your CTE options, please click on any of the below schools:

High Schools

Mission Hills High School building exterior with a clear blue sky in the background.

The logo for San Marcos High School, featuring a knight's helmet and the words 'Knight Pride'.

The logo for Twin Oaks High School, featuring a stylized 'T' and the word 'Tigers'.

Middle Schools

A stylized illustration of a school building with the text 'Double Creek School' at the bottom.

The La Mirada Academy Wolves logo features three paw prints in green, black, and gray.

San Elijo Middle School building exterior with trees and a clear blue sky in the background.

The logo of SMMS, featuring a shield with the letters SMMS, a yellow and red color scheme, and symbols representing education, science, math, and music.

A blue and white bulldog mascot with a determined expression.

A logo featuring a stylized crescent shape in blue, orange, and green.

Students walk past a wall displaying the words 'Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math' in a school hallway.